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Hormizd III
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Key facts
- Reign
- 457 – 459
- Coronation
- Ray
- Predecessor
- Yazdegerd II
- Successor
- Peroz I
- Regent
- Denag
- Issue
- Balendukht
- House
- House of Sasan
- Father
- Yazdegerd II
- Mother
- Denag
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sasanian Empire
- Child
- Balendukht
- Father
- Yazdegerd II
- Mother
- Diang of Persia
- Sibling
- Zarir
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Family
- Sasanian dynasty
- Image
- King Hormizd II or Hormizd III Hunting Lions, 400-600.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0500-01-01
- date of death
- 0459-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Hormizd III (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣; New Persian: هرمز سوم), was the seventeenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire, ruling briefly from 457 to 459. He was the son and successor of Yazdegerd II (r. 438–457). His reign was marked by the rebellion of his younger brother Peroz I, who with the aid of one of the Seven Great Houses of Iran, the House of Mihran, and the eastern neighbours of the Sasanians, the Hephthalites, had him captured and executed.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hormizd III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.